Professor Ross Garnaut

Recent Speaker

Economist

May 31, 2011

11.30am - 1.30pm

"Climate Change Review 2011"

Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011 – Launch of Final Report

In November 2010, Ross Garnaut was commissioned to provide an update to the 2008 Review for the Australian Government and community. The Garnaut Climate Change Review—Update 2011  released a series of papers in February and March addressing developments across a range of subjects including climate change science and impacts, international mitigation progress, land, carbon pricing, technology, and the electricity sector. Professor Garnaut will launch his final report at this event on 31 May 2011.


About the speaker:
Ross Garnaut is one of Australia’s most distinguished and well-known economists. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to education and international relations. Based in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University from 1972 to 2008, he was Professor of Economics from 1989 to 2008. Professor Garnaut is now Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and Professorial Fellow in Economics at the University of Melbourne. Separately to his work on the Climate Change Review Update, he is an independent expert adviser to the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee.

From 1985-88, Professor Garnaut was the Australian Ambassador to China, and he served as principal Economic Adviser to Prime Minister R.J.L. Hawke from 1983-85. Professor Garnaut is the author of numerous books and reports, including The Great Crash of 2008 (2009, Melbourne University Publishing), and Australia and the Northeast Asian Ascendancy (1989).